#AEBE74#AEBE74

#AEBE74 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.099 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEBE74
RGB	rgb(174, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(73, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(73, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -17.37, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 39.56, 116.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0477 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.099 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0215, 47.0867, 23.5526)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEBE74 #8474BE

analogous

#BEA974 #AEBE74 #89BE74

triadic

#AEBE74 #74AEBE #BE74AE

tetradic

#AEBE74 #74BEA9 #8474BE #BE7489

square

#AEBE74 #74BEA9 #8474BE #BE7489

split-complementary

#AEBE74 #7489BE #A974BE

monochromatic

#6F7D3A #94A74E #AEBE74 #C6D29E #DFE5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#AEBE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#AEBE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEBE74

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEBE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEBE74	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aebe74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.099 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d19d',
    500: '#aebe74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aebe74;
$custom-light: #c7d19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aebe74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.973,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77188,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEBE74

secondary

#BFB9D5

accent

#5CCC74

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F2

border

#D1D2CC

text

#13140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEBE74

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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